Bobby pin opener and holder



March 6, 1951 HAASE 2,544,595

BOBBY PIN OPENER AND HOLDER Filed Dec. 16, 1949 Lou s Haase INVENTOR.

Patented Mar. 6, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements and structural refinements in devices for opening and holding bobby pins, andthe principal object of the invention is to eliminate the conventionally experienced necessity of spreading the legs of a bobby pin by fingernails, teeth, and subsequently attempting to hold the bobby pin in an-open position while applying the same to the hair.

Some of the advantages of the invention reside in its simplicity of construction, in its convenient use, in its portability, and its adaptability to economical manufacture.

With the above more important objects and features in view and such other objects and features as may become apparent as this specification proceeds, the invention consists essentially of the arrangement and construction of parts as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention in use;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the invention per se;

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view, taken substantially upon the plane of the line 3-3 in Figure 2;

Figure 4 is an end view of the invention, taken in the direction of the arrow 4 in Figure 2, and

Figure 5 is a top plan view, similar to that shown in Figure 2, but showing a bobby pin applied to the invention.

Like characters of reference are employed to designate like parts in the specification and throughout the several views.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings in detail, the invention consists of a bobby-pin opener and holder designated generally by the reference character l0, the same embodying in its construction an elongated plate [2 such as may be conveniently carried in a purse, or the like, this plate being provided in its upper surface With a longitudinally extending channel I4.

This channel is open-ended and one end portion thereof is widened and defined by outwardly diverging side walls [6, as will be clearly understood.

A substantially triangular block or wedge I8 is formed integrally with the plate l2 in the widened end portion of the channel I4, this block or wedge having outwardly divergent side edges 20 which are spaced from the respective side walls I8, as is best illustrated in Figures 2 and 5.

When the invention is placed in use, a bobby pin is inserted in the channel M as indicated 2 at 22 in Figure 5 and, by holding the plate I2 in one hand and exerting pressure on the hobby pin by the thumb of the same hand as shown in Figure 1, the bobby pin may be slid in the direction of the arrow 24 so that the legs thereof are frictionally engaged and spread apart by the outwardly divergent edges 20 of the wedge l8, as indicated at "26 in Figures 1 and 5. While the device is holding the bobby pin in its spread position, the bobby pin may then be conveniently applied to the hair and after this has been accomplished, it will be found that a simple twist or partial rotation of the plate 12 (as indicated at 28 in Figure 4) will disengage the wedge I8 from the bobby pin, leaving the latter in the air.

If desired, the wedge It! may project upwardly from the chamiel l4 above the upper surface of the plate l2 so as to assure proper engagement of the bobby pin therewith.

It is believed that the advantages and use of the invention will be clearly apparent from the foregoing disclosure and accordingly, further description thereof at this point is deemed umiecessary.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferred embodiment of this invention, it is to be understood that minor changes in the details of construction and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A bobby pin opener and holder, comprising an elongated plate provided with a longitudinally extending channel having outwardly divergent side walls at one end portion of said plate, and a wedge disposed in said channel between and spaced from said outwardly divergent side walls, said wedge having outwardly divergent side edges adapted to spread apart and frictionally engage the legs of a bobby pin slid through said channel.

2. The device as defined in claim 1 wherein said wedge projects upwardly from said channel.

LOUIS HAASE.

REFERENCES CITED UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date Welch May 25, 1948 

